Arctic Observing Network: Continuing the Beaufort Gyre Observing System in 2018-2021 to Document and Enhance Understanding of Arctic Freshwater Transformations and Fate
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
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Our project uses samples from ships and moored instruments to study the mechanisms controlling the amount of freshwater and other ocean properties in the western Arctic Ocean under different climate conditions.
This Arctic Observing Network project will continue for 2018-2019. The Beaufort Gyre Observing System operations begun in 2003 designed to document the unprecedented changes in sea...
Ongoing
2017-10-01
2019-09-30
2018-08-09 15:36:18 -0800
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Boundary Current in Western Arctic (AON)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
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This project focuses on the fate of the Pacific water that enters the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait. Pacific water plays a critical role in the western Arctic ecosystem. In wintertime the cold inflowing water provides nutrients that spur the growth of phytoplankton at the base of the food chain. In summertime, the warm water melts pack ice and provides freshwater to the Arctic Ocean....
Ongoing
2016-04-01
2019-03-31
2018-10-29 16:48:33 -0800
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